The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 48022Alberta

Edmonton Strathcona

Edmonton Strathcona is a federal riding in Alberta. Heather McPherson (NDP, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Edmonton Strathcona. Heather McPherson (NDP) held Edmonton Strathcona for the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 8,259 votes (13.9 points), with 47.0% of the vote. Miles Berry (Conservative) was second with 33.1%, on a turnout of 72.0% of 83,404 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Edmonton Strathcona on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Edmonton Strathcona

Heather McPherson's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Heather McPherson

Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona

New Democratic

MP since 2019-10-21 · 3 terms

123 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—GC Strategies Inc. — Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26.

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The 2025 result: New Democratic hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Edmonton Strathcona, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 59,687 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Heather McPherson	New Democratic	28,027	47.0%
Miles Berry	Conservative	19,768	33.1%
Ron Thiering	Liberal	10,709	17.9%
Others (4)		1,183	2.0%

Heather McPherson (New Democratic) won Edmonton Strathcona on April 28, 2025 with 28,027 votes, 47.0% of the 59,687 valid votes. Miles Berry (Conservative) was second with 19,768 (33.1%), 8,259 votes and 13.9 points behind.

Of the 59,687 valid votes, Heather McPherson (New Democratic) took 47.0%, Miles Berry (Conservative) 33.1% and Ron Thiering (Liberal) 17.9%; the 4 other candidates took 2.0% together. Turnout was 72.0% of 83,404 electors: 60,051 ballots cast, 59,687 of them valid, for 7 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the New Democrats are down 10.6 (57.6% to 47.0%), the Conservatives up 6.5 (26.6% to 33.1%) and the Liberals up 8.9 (9.0% to 17.9%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Edmonton Strathcona at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative40.8%by 11.7 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative43.5%by 12.7 points over the New Democrats
2008Conservative43.6%by 4.0 points over the New Democrats
2011changed handsNew Democratic50.3%by 7.6 points over the Conservatives
2015New Democratic41.4%by 8.4 points over the Conservatives
2019New Democratic44.2%by 5.3 points over the Conservatives
2021New Democratic57.6%by 31.0 points over the Conservatives
2025New Democratic47.0%by 13.9 points over the Conservatives

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	40.8%	Liberal	11.7	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	43.5%	New Democratic	12.7	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	43.6%	New Democratic	4.0	carried, our estimate
2011	New Democratic	50.3%	Conservative	7.6	carried, our estimate
2015	New Democratic	41.4%	Conservative	8.4	carried, our estimate
2019	New Democratic	44.2%	Conservative	5.3	carried, our estimate
2021	New Democratic	57.6%	Conservative	31.0	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	New Democratic	47.0%	Conservative	13.9	official result

The NDP were first at five of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at three; it changed hands once. In 2025 the NDP took 47.0% of the vote here, 6.1 points above their average of 40.9% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (40.8%), 2006 (43.5%) and 2008 (43.6%) and the NDP in 2011 (50.3%), 2015 (41.4%), 2019 (44.2%), 2021 (57.6%) and 2025 (47.0%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 New Democratic · Heather McPherson, by 18,380 votes (35.2 pts)
2019 New Democratic · Heather McPherson, by 5,788 votes (10.2 pts)
2015 New Democratic · Linda Duncan, by 7,051 votes (12.7 pts)

In the old Edmonton Strathcona on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Edmonton Strathcona lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Edmonton Strathcona is

Population: 111,5452021 census
Area: 84km²
Density: 1,331people per km²
Electors: 83,404on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

3rd-most candidates on the ballot in Alberta
7 candidates stood · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 24th of 343 in Canada

Share of households that own their home is 51.5% — about 72 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest51st lowest of 343
Median age is 37.6 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest52nd lowest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.1% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest53rd highest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.8% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest118th highest of 343
Median total household income is $80,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest147th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 19.5% — a little higher than the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest158th highest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 91% of the 2025 electors in today's Edmonton Strathcona lived in the old Edmonton Strathcona; by area, 6% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

90.6%Edmonton Strathcona 93.8% of the area · 98% of it kept

8.9%Edmonton Riverbend 5.1% of the area · 7% of it kept

0.6%Edmonton Mill Woods 1.0% of the area · 2% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Heather McPherson	New Democratic	28,027	47.0%	57.6%	−10.6
Miles Berry	Conservative	19,768	33.1%	26.6%	+6.5
Ron Thiering	Liberal	10,709	17.9%	9.0%	+8.9

4 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote

David Joel Wojtowicz	People's	386	0.6%
Atul Deshmukh	Green	366	0.6%
Graham Lettner	Independent	250	0.4%
Christian Bourque	Other	181	0.3%

The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin

10,709 votes

Liberal took more than the 8,259-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.

Election-day polls won by others

48 of 183

2 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the New Democrats (133) · ■ won by another party (48) · ▨ tied (2).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 4,130 voters switching from New Democratic to Conservative — 6.9% of the 59,687 valid votes, 7.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 008,260

New Democratic28,027

Conservative19,768

Still New Democratic by 8,259 votes. Actual margin: 8,259.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 61.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the New Democrats took 43.8%, the Conservatives 35.2% and the Liberals 18.5%; in advance and special ballots, 52.0%, 29.8% and 17.0%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Edmonton Strathcona, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
New Democratic	43.8%	52.0%	+8.2
Conservative	35.2%	29.8%	−5.4
Liberal	18.5%	17.0%	−1.5

An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Edmonton Strathcona and its 7 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Edmonton Strathcona — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/edmonton-strathcona/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.